Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1350.8
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Psychological evaluation
Official statutory text
A. Each applicant for a bail enforcer license shall be
administered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation
instrument approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and
Training, which shall be administered in conjunction with training
in Phase I required by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act. The
bail enforcer training school administering such instrument shall
forward the response data to a psychologist licensed by the State
Board of Examiners of Psychologists for evaluation. The licensed
psychologist shall be of the applicant's choice. It shall be the
responsibility of the applicant to bear the cost of the
psychological evaluation. No bail enforcer license shall be issued
unless the applicant meets the standards established by the Council
for psychological evaluation.
B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the
applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate
judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,
the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring
instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional
opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or
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techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to
the Council.
C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological
evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council
within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is
found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the
results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months
from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be
reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in
the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control
shall reapply for certification until one (1) year from the date of
being found psychologically at risk.
D. 1. Retired peace officers who have been certified by the
Council shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for a
period of one (1) year from retirement; provided there is no
evidence of an inability to exercise appropriate judgment,
restraint, and self-control during prior active duty as a law
enforcement officer and upon subsequent retirement.
2. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section
and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,
condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as
defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be eligible to apply for a bail
enforcer license except upon presentation of a certified statement
from a licensed physician stating that the person is no longer
disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness, condition, or
disorder.
administered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation
instrument approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and
Training, which shall be administered in conjunction with training
in Phase I required by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act. The
bail enforcer training school administering such instrument shall
forward the response data to a psychologist licensed by the State
Board of Examiners of Psychologists for evaluation. The licensed
psychologist shall be of the applicant's choice. It shall be the
responsibility of the applicant to bear the cost of the
psychological evaluation. No bail enforcer license shall be issued
unless the applicant meets the standards established by the Council
for psychological evaluation.
B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the
applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate
judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,
the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring
instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional
opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1058
techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to
the Council.
C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological
evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council
within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is
found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the
results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months
from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be
reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in
the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control
shall reapply for certification until one (1) year from the date of
being found psychologically at risk.
D. 1. Retired peace officers who have been certified by the
Council shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for a
period of one (1) year from retirement; provided there is no
evidence of an inability to exercise appropriate judgment,
restraint, and self-control during prior active duty as a law
enforcement officer and upon subsequent retirement.
2. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section
and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,
condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as
defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be eligible to apply for a bail
enforcer license except upon presentation of a certified statement
from a licensed physician stating that the person is no longer
disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness, condition, or
disorder.
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